We believe in a decentralized, censorship-resistant, permissionless block chain. We believe in the original vision, of Ethereum as a world computer that you cannot shut down, which runs irreversible smart contracts. We believe in a strong separation of concerns, whereby system forks are to correct actual platform bugs or provide functionality upgrades, not to bail out failed smart contracts & associated special interest groups.
We believe in a platform that can actually be trusted -- by anyone.